Wednesday, December 31, 2014

1.For those that have never heard of you before, can you tell us a little bit about the band?

Unn1: We are a psychotic duo from Firenze. Two friends that had need to spit out all the discomfort and rage of the last year. We play with a black socks on our head. It’s not necessary to see the face of the musicians. It’s not important to be protagonist in this shitty life. Especially you, who are watching the show.

Unn2: Hi, we're Hate&Merda, a sonor terroristic duo.

2.How would you describe your musical sound?

Unn1: It’s hard to describe in words what you are doing in another form. I think we sold our soul to various demons living in our minds and blood. That’s the sound of the band.

Unn2: I don't know exactly how to describe it, but it certainly tastes like sludge, hardcore, blues, noise, industrial and ambient. We play in some different projects that are more defined than this one. HM is absolutely our free dimension where we burn our dirtiest ideas. Everyone associates our sound to a lot of different bands, some of them I've never even listened to. Personally I guess I've been influenced by Concrete, Cursed, Old Man Gloom, Converge, as well as Robert Johnson, Massimo Volume, Ovo or Neil Young Dead Man soundtrack.
As you could say, nothing and everything.

3.What are some of the lyrical topics and subjects the band explores with the music?

Unn1: The lyrics speaks about how terrible life can be if you feel it differently compared to some others. How terrible is to walk in a fucking hot summer down to your house’s street. How many scars and blood rain over you after that summer. How terrible it is to find that there is no love, there is only compassion.

Unn2: I think it's important to say first that we've chosen italian language because we wanted to be totally and immediately understood by our people. Our lyrics reflect the attitude and the motivation of the project, they don't have a secret message, it's all rough and ruthless. Each song is a different story, but they all have the same nihilistic point of view. People, love, dreams, loneliness and death, all seen in our sick and distorted way. So tired of everything. So disenchanted.

4.What is the meaning and inspiration behind the name 'Hate & Merda'?

Unn1: We were out of the famous store “H&M”. I remember that I’ve told to Unn2: “mmm, if we form a band together we should call it Hate & Merda. (“merda” means “shit” in Italian). I think it’s a name that you could remember easily and it scalps in your mind.

Unn2: We know each other from a long time but we started working together in the underground scene only few years ago, long before playing together as a band. The very first year we started organizing concerts, festivals and events together we got a lot of criticisms from our city, just because we were doing our own things in our personal way. That's a typical florence behaviour. You have to complain and do nothing, if you try to change this system you're an egomaniac and you deserve to be defamed. So, in this sense, we got a lot of hate and shit from our city, so now we're just turning back the favour. But it's also true that the first time we came up with this name we were just coming home after buying some underpants at H&M.

5.Currently there are only 2 members in the band, are you planning on expanding the line up in the future or do you chose to remain a duo?

Unn1: We want to remain a duo, but we would like to have some guests on records and why not, to play together on stage too. I think there are no holes in our sound, and it’s like a bomb especially on stage.

Unn2: We wanted this band to be absolute essential. We didn't start as a duo because we didn't have a bass player, it's all about the feeling we have playing together due to the same feeling we have against our lives and our city. We're friends, we collaborate, so it was predictable we would end up playing together, and we understand each other at the time when we improvise. I really think it's a fact of attitude. We appreciate friends featurings, but the two of us is HM, and that's it.

6.Has the band done any live shows or is this strictly a studio project?

Unn1: Live show it’s the real dimension of our band. We were born to play live. Our band was born like a totally impro performance for an opening concert. So we are playing some dates, and we still want to do it.

Unn2: The band started with a live show, we totally improvised everything and it came out really good and strong, and some things you hear on our record are ideas born that night with no changes at all. Then we rehearsed just few times and then immediately record what became L'Anno Dell'Odio (The Year Of Hate). After that we started playing live the most we can, a bunch of shows around Florence, we opened for ?Also from Ovo, Carla Bozulich, Orannsi Pazuzu, Marnero, we went on tour with our friends La Cuenta, we played secret shows, a festival in a very small town in middle of mountains and fog, a birthday party..really everywhere. And now that the album is out we're taking the road again and planning some other tours.

7.The album was released on Toten Schwan Records, can you tell us a little bit more about this label?

Unn1: Marco of Toten Schwan saw our first live (the totally impro ones). He came to meet us after the show and told us that we were fantastic and we need to fix this music on an album. And of course, he could help us. It sound like an 80’s classic story about fortune, gold, glory and happy ending. So Marco was the first person who trusted in our band, even before us. There are also two label involved in this release: UTU Conspiracy and Dio Drone, that are really close to us.

Unn2: We met Marco of Toten Schwan the first time we played live, and he trusted in our project immediately, even before we started to consider it seriously. He insisted to put our noise on a record, we talked a couple of times and he really seemed to understand our thing. But mostly, we felt him and Davide to be simply two like us, so we joined this brotherhood. They truly care of what their label promote, and it's not a fact of money or simple support. They really believe in it, like we do.

8.On a worldwide level how has the feedback been to your album by fans of underground music?

Unn1: The album is having a extraordinary positive feedbacks. We did not expect it, because we've played in other underground bands for years.

Unn2: When you choose a name like Hate&Merda (hate and shit) you don't expect to be taken seriously. Truth is that we didn't expect anything at all, this project started as an exorcism and this was enough. But surprisely L'Anno Dell'Odio is having a great feedback. We had very good reviews from CVLT Nation (Usa), The New Noise (IT), Metalitalia (IT) and several european zines. We're really stunned and thankful for this support. Everything we get is always a gift.

9.Where do you see the band heading into musically during the future?

Unn1: I think it’s important for us to be free to do what we want to do. So we don’t want chains about genres, our sets or instruments. It’s important the act, the sound, the scratch. So: who knows?

Unn2: We have to go deeper and deeper, until the surface is no longer visible. Exploring our own limits and our most extreme edges. But nothing's written and there's no rule. No plans, just the truth. You know, '..you have to put your own dick in the middle of the story..destroy the ego and tell the truth..'. Just this.

10.What are some of the bands or musical styles that have had an influence on your music and also what are you listening to nowadays?

Unn1: I think I've not been influenced by particular bands. I’ve only tried to add the drums beat on the Unn2’s guitars and screams. Some bands cross my mind and probably they are connected to my band: Ministry, Scorn, Swans for exemple, I’m thinking about them. Nowadays I’m listening Chelsea Wolfe, King Dude, Indians, Coil, Marnero, Si Non Sedes Is.

Unn2: We obviously like heavy stuff, and it was clear from the beginning that HM should be strong and evil. But we're into a lot of different kind of sounds, even ambient, blues or witchouse, things that to me don't minimize the sense of the word 'heavy'. If you want me to say which influences I hear in our music I could say Black Flag, Motorpsycho of Demon Box, Birthday Party, Concrete, Eyehategod, Ovo, Code Orange, Zu, Illogo, as well as the Neurot family and the Church Of Ra.
Actually I'm listening to King Dude, Corrections House, Si Non Sedes Is, Ovo and the new Amenra acoustic stuff.

11.What are some of your non musical interests?

Unn1: Drinking and depress myself. Ah, I was forgiving: watching mockumentaries and found footages films in the night.

Unn2: Music fills our lives on a lot of different levels but I love movies and books as well, everything that has the strength to take you somewhere else. But my main interest is to stay away from people for the most of my time.

12.Before we wrap up this interview, do you have any final words or thoughts?

Unn1: Thank you for your interest in our music. I hope you will hear some others albums in the future.

Monday, December 29, 2014

Mangled where a band from the Netherlands that played a very doom orientated style of death metal and this is a review of their compilation album "Through Ancient Times" which will be released in 2015 by Vic Records.

Death metal growls and a very, dark and melodic sound starts off the album along with all of the musical instruments having a very powerful sound to them and the band also adds in high pitched screams into certain sections of the recording along with a good mixture of slow, mid paced and fast parts.

Blast beats can be heard in the faster sections of t he bands musical style and when keyboards and spoken word parts are added in they add more to the doom side of the bands musical style as well as adding in some atmospheric elements and the solos and leads the band uses bring in more of a melodic death metal sound and some of the tracks also bring in a small amount of acoustic guitars and one of the tracks also brings in a black metal feeling while one of the alter tracks brings in a small amount of female vocals which gives the music more of a gothic doom/death feeling when they are utilized.

Mangled played a mixture of doom and death metal that was very underrated and ahead of its time and the music was heavily influenced both the Swedish, English and Dutch death and doom metal scenes of that era, the production sounds very professional for the time these songs where recorded while the lyrics cover dark, occult and anti religion themes.

In my opinion Mangled where a very great sounding mixture of death and doom metal and if you are a fan of those musical genres, you should check out this compilation. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "Raise My Face In the Fist Of God" "The Sleeping Paradise" "The 7th Key" and "Call Of Silence". 8 out of 10.

Dead End are a band from the Netherlands that has been around since the mid 80's and plays an old school form of doom/death metal and this is a review of their album "Forever Is Not Eternal" which will be released in 2015 by Vic Records.

A very dark, melodic and old school sound starts off the album and after a minute death metal growls are added into the music and after awhile solos and leads are added into certain sections of the recording and they also bring in more darkness and melody to the bands musical style which is also heavily rooted in early 90's doom and death metal.

At times a small amount of violins are added into certain parts of some of the tracks and all of the musical instruments on the recording have a very powerful sound to them along with a few of the tracks being long and epic in length and some of the songs also bring in a few seconds of classical guitars and spoken word parts.

As the album progresses some of the songs start bringing in small amounts of keyboards and whispers which also gives the bands musical style more of an atmospheric edge while some of the alter songs bring in a decent mixture of slow, mid paced and fast parts along with a small amount of blast beats which shows the more old school death meal side of the bands musical style and some of the later tracks also bring in a small amount of high pitched screams.

Dead End bring s in 2 different sides with their musical style having more of a melodic doom/death metal sound on some of the tracks while going into more of a traditional and old school style of death metal on some of the later songs and the album sounds like it could of easily been recorded and released in the 90's, the production sound very professional while the lyrics cover dark themes.

In my opinion Dead End are a very great sounding old school mixture of doom and death metal and if you are a fan of those musical genres, you should check out this band. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "Forever" "Revelations" "Joke" and "Tales From Real Life". 8 out of 10.

Thursday, December 25, 2014

The Lumberjack Feedback are a band from France that plays an instrumental mixture of doom and sludge metal and this is a review of their 2014 ep "Noise In The Church" which was released by Kaotoxin Records.

A very distorted reverb sound starts off the ep before going into a very heavy sludge metal direction and after awhile melody is added into the music giving the music a post metal/hardcore feeling at times along with the first 2 tracks being recorded live and the slow riffs and heaviness also bring in a heavier style of doom metal.

At times clean playing can be heard in certain sections of the recording along with all of the musical instruments having a very powerful sound to them and the solos and leads the band brings into the songs are very dark and melodic sounding and all 3 of the tracks are one and epic in length with the last song being a bonus demo track from 2009.

The Lumberjack Feedback play a style of doom/sludge metal that is all instrumental while also being very heavy and melodic at the same time and the production on the recording has a very professional sound to it.

In my opinion The Lumberjack Feedback are a very great sounding instrumental mixture of doom and sludge metal and if you are a fan of those musical genres, you should check out this band. RECOMMENDED TRACK "The Dreamcatcher". 8 out of 10.

Wednesday, December 24, 2014

Hate & Merda are a band from Italy that plays an experimental mixture of noise, alternative hardcore and sludge metal and this is a review of their 2014 album "L'Anno Dell 'Odio" which was released by Toten Schwan Records.

A very dark sounding drone starts off the album before going into a more dark and heavy sludge metal direction which also brings in melodic guitar leads at times as well as bringing in a great amount of distortion and reverb and you can hear a great amount of post hardcore elements in the bands musical style.

When vocals are added into the music they are very high pitched sludge screams and most of the tracks are very long and epic in length and on some of the songs the band also brings in a good mixture of slow, mid paced and fast parts along with a small amount of blast beats and all of the musical instruments have a very powerful sound to them while couple of the tracks also bring in a small amount of clean playing and spoken word parts and on the last track melodic chants are added into the music.

Hate & Merda take a very heavy style of sludge and mix it in with the melody of post hardcore, the reverb and drones of noise and experimental music along with a touch of alternative to create a sound of their own, the production sounds very dark and raw while the lyrics are written in Latin and cover dark and angry themes.

In my opinion hate & Merda are a very great sounding mixture of experimental, noise, alternative, hardcore and sludge metal and if you are a fan of those musical genres, you should check out this band. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "Ascoltare Con Dolore - Carne Gotica" and "L' Eternita' Di Unestate Terrible". 8 out of 10.

Tuesday, December 23, 2014

Condor are a band from Columbia that plays a mixture of heavy, doom and death metal and this is a review of their album "Duin" which will be released in 2015 by Gommorah Records.

Soft acoustic guitars start off the album and they bring a classical music feeling to the recording and after a couple of minutes the music goes into a more heavy and melodic direction as well as bringing in solos and leads that utilize a great amount of talent and skill as well as being a very huge part of all the tracks.

After the intro the music goes for more of an old school doom metal direction while also adding in fast parts and a great amount of blast beats and the music also uses a great amount of death metal growls along with a great mixture of slow, mid paced and fast parts and acoustic guitars also make their return in certain sections of the recording.

At times a small amount of spoken word parts are brought into the music along with some synths which are only used briefly and elements of progressive rock and a few of the tracks are very long and epic in length and all of the musical instruments have a very powerful sound to them while later on during the album clean singing vocals are brought in at times and one of the later tracks also brings in a small amount of black metal influences.

Condor plays a style of doom/death metal that is very melodic and progressive at times while also bringing in a touch of traditional metal which also gives the recording an old school feeling, the production sound s very dark and heavy while the lyrics are written in Spanish and cover Philosophy, Identity and Nationalism.

In my opinion Condor are a very great sounding mixture of heavy, doom and death metal and if you are a fan of those musical genres, you should check out this band. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "El Lamento de Penelpe" "Condordale" and "Duin". 8 out of 10.

Helevorn are a band from Spain that plays a mixture of doom, gothic and death metal with a touch of black metal and this is a review of their 2014 album "Compassion Forlorn" which was released by BadMoodManMusic.

Clean and soft guitar playing which are also used on soem of the other tracks as well starts off the album along with some synths a few seconds later that also bring in a good amount of atmosphere to the songs which also leads to more of a heavier and symphonic musical direction along with a great amount of melody being added into both the solos and riffs.

When vocals are added into the music they are very deep sounding death/doom metal growls along with a decent amount of melodic clean singing vocals and the music also brings in a good mixture of both clean and heavy parts and a good portion of the tracks are very long and epic in length and as the album progresses more elements of gothic rock find their way onto the recording.

In certain sections of the album spoken word parts can be heard and the music also brings in a very early 90's style of melodic doom/death metal into the bands musical style along with some screams that have a black metal feeling to them at times and all of the musical instruments have a very powerful sound to them and a couple of the tracks closer to the end brings in a brief use of acoustic guitars.

Helevorn plays a style of gothic/doom metal that is very heavily rooted in the 90's style along with a great amount of the melodic death/doom metal sound and a touch of black metal being added into their musical style to create a very dark, melancholic and heavy recording, the production sounds very professional while the lyrics cover Solitude, Dreams and Past Times along with the last 2 songs being written in Spanish.

In my opinion Hellevorn are a very great sounding melodic gothic doom/death metal band and if you are a fan of this musical genre, you should check out this album. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "The Inner Crumble" "Unified" and "I Am To Believe". 8 out of 10.

Tuesday, December 16, 2014

1.Can you give us an update on what has been going on with the band since the recording and release of the new album?

T: We were on Tour at Westcoast in the United States of America to play shows with the guys of Catheter and Lovemachine for 17 days at the end of October and beginning of November. We had a lot of great shows in Citys like Seattle, Vegas, Portland, Phoenix, Denver and Salt Lake City. In before we a had lot stress to get our Equipment there, because the Sound of Trigger should be intense and loud. That's why we send a lot our handmade Effects there, that we have the best possiblity to present our first Album in the best way.

2.Recently you have released a new album, how would you describe the musical sound that is presented on the recording and also how does it differ from the stuff you have released in the past?

T: I think the whole sound of the album is stronger than on the older releases and we practised a lot, to play the new songs more straight to the point than maybe the older recordings ;) Enrico is also singing now in some songs and we have new kinds of screams in our material. Almost we cranked up the Speed
of the whole music. The complete music could be described as an Inferno of Blasbeats, Disbeats and lot of moving parts combined with an really distorted Basssound destroying yours ears in addition with a screaming and growling voice which is a bit of unique in Grindcore/Power Violence.

3.What are some of the lyrical topics and subjects the band explores with the newer music?

T: On the newer songs we`re still singing about things which are working in an false way in our society, but also in our scene. We are still no fans from any kind of racism, sexism, (old and new kinds) of facism or patriotism, many songs from our older stuff and also from the new songs are against this themes. Some songs all also against homophobic attitudes or religious insanity which we can`t understand and don`t want to support them in anyway. We also have songs about animal liberation and against the exploitation of animals for any senseless using like clothes, medicine and so. .On the last split Ep with Attack of the mad Axeman we started to write and sing our lyrics in English, so we hope that it`s easier for people to understand the meaning of them, as they were in German.

4.What is the meaning and inspiration behind the name 'Trigger'?

T: Trigger have many meanings. the first coming to everybodys mind is to pull the "Trigger" of a gun, but that's not our point of view of the Band Trigger. We see it a bit more like an conditioned stimulus in an psychological consideration. It's something like the "Trigger-Reactment" when somebody is going to freak really out.

5.What are some of the best shows that the band has played over the years and also how would you describe your stage performance?

T: Ohh, I think we had a lot of good shows with pretty much great bands and awesome people in the pit. I remember for example about a show in Minsk (Belarus) which was murderous because we played in an empty ware house next to the stairs. The people there we`re making (really!!) party there from the first second on, circlepits and crowdsurfing (also with everyone of us!) and they were all totally friendly and also very thankful that we came there to play. But as I said, this was just one of many awesome shows also on our tour in US and many places, but i think there are to much over the years to write them all down here :) Our stage performance.. I think the chaos in our music is the chaos that we want to bring out on stage, that`s why we jump down on the floor and scream without microphones sometimes to bring some more energy to the people and having just 20 minutes of violence.

6.Do you have any touring or show plans for the future?

T: At the end of december this years we will touring the east of europe and Germany for 13 Days in total again. Of course in the next year we would really love to play some tours to Spain, Italy, UK, France and especially we want to focus on some Festival shows.

7.On your bandcamp page you refer to the band as 'Drum'N'Bass Grind Violence', can you tell us a little bit more about this tag?

T: Drum`N`Bass is just because we never found someone who wants to play guitar at Trigger ;) Grind Violence is because we`re making some kind of old grindcore but also have some typical Powerviolence parts. That`s why we called it Grind Violence to make people know that we`re in the middle of both.

8.On a worldwide level how has the feedback been to your music by fans of grindcore?

T: We wanted to make some kind of grind which has nothing good sounding at all, that means no melodies, no guitar solos or something else, just twenty minutes of noisy fast and brutal shit without a break. Most people who like grindcore liked it because the said we`re sounding like some of the good old grindbands from the 90`s ,but we also had some shows where the people didn`t like our music, cause it's a way to much chaos for them. I remember one show in the past, after two songs the whole concertroom was empty except the organizer and Enrico`s girlfriend :)

9.Where do you see the band heading into musically during the future?

T: We will keep staying fast and noisy as well ,but we also want to make the music become more rounder and more rich in variety, but staying fast is still the most important thing about the music for itself:)

10.What are some of the bands or musical styles that have had an influence on your music and also what are you listening to nowadays?

T: The style of using just a bass guitar we looked up from bands like Godstomper ,Bizarre X or (old) Water Torture. We loved this sound because it was something different than other bands and we still love the dark and noisy sound. But I think we have changed really from our first Sound up today, it's almost a new Sound. Today everyone of us is listening to a bright mass of music, but not everything we`re listening is for being an influence for trigger. Next to some Grind Crust and Powerviolencebands we like Doom and Sludgebands also, some Blackmetal and Postrockbands, but also some Screamo and Punkrockbands.

11.What are some of your non musical interests?

T: We`re organising shows and doing some festival on our own, called the "Killed System Festival". This year we had the third edition of having this festival. Kevin also record some bands in his studio to make sure that young bands have a chance to record something. Enrico is doing a label to help and release stuff of friendly Bands. That's almost a lot with music...

12.Before we wrap up this interview, do you have any final words or thoughts?

T: Thank you for this interview and everyone who helped us to be able for doing shows and releases and made Trigger able to got this interview! Thanks :)

Monday, December 15, 2014

1.Can you give us an update on what has been going on with the band since the recording and release of the new album?
Well we did play a cupple of shows all over Germany and Chechz Republik and released our first official music clip this October. At the moment we are in the proces of songwriting, arranging and some pre productioning, the next album is planned for some time in the middle of 2015, but we all know how that goes :D

2.Recently you have released you first full length album, how would you describe the musical sound that is presented on the recording and also how does it differ from the album you had released in 2010?
Well the sound is a mixture of what we have accomplished in the years before and what we have
accomplished since we started taking it more serious. It differs from the EP of 2010 so far, that we have changed a lot since then. In 2010 we were Sara, Johannes and David, playing in the basement of Johannes' parents, we had no real idea of recording, and the process. For the "GUILTY" Album we had become Sara Johannes Sven and Torsten, with a real practise room, weekly sessions and a lot more knowledge.
For our sound, someone once said it is like at first you are being wraped in silk by this voice, and that you get kicked in the ass by the growls and the guitars. It's a mixture our of Gothic, Death, Melodic Metal with several different influences.

3.The band has been around since 2007 but so far their has only been an ep and 1 full length, can you tell us a little bit more about the gap between releases?
The band you can hear on the album "guilty" exists since 2012, before that, we didn't approach the whole thing professional, also in 2007 Sara and Johannes started to make music together, under the name "Buried Alive" what was a form of pre-existence of Dawn of Eternity, "Buried Alive" recorded 6 songs, that should still be on myspace somewhere ;)

4.What are some of the lyrical topics and subjects the band explores with the music?
Most of the lyrics are written by Johannes, who is a big fan of german expressionistic-poets and nihilistic-literature, so he takes things that annoy him, personal tragedies sadness, fears etc and tries to put it into a Georg Trakl style.

5.What is the meaning and inspiration behind the name 'Dawn of Eternity'?
It may be birth, it may be death, it is yours to choose. The story behind it, Sara wanted to change the name "Buried Alive", and she is always right :D, so we threw in names until one was all right for everyone, and that name turned out to be Dawn of Eternity.

6.What are some of the best shows that the band has played so far and also how would you describe your stage performance?
Johannes: The best show so far was in Blatná, Czech Republik, supporting Lord Volture, it was an amazing show, amazing people who really kept a party going, on a work tuesday.
Sara: Can't make a range what was the best so fare. It's allways great!
Our performance are very energetic since we give in everything we can and use full stage's place...
Come and see ;)

7.Do you have any touring or show plans for the future?
We have several shows planned, that you can check out on our webpage or facebook, and our plans are, to play as much as possible, you request us, and if it is arrangable we will play it. Also we want to make a new album as mentioned before next year and simply go on and grow...

8.The new album was released on NRT- Records, can you tell us a little bit more about this label?
Well we got to that through two friends from Austria, Major Tom Proll (king size) and Jana from She Wolf. NRT is a small label but they still have passion and faith in what they do and not just long for the big
money. They really did do a lot for us even though we just joined them in October!

9.On a worldwide level how has the feedback been to your music by the fans of gothic or extreme genres of metal?
As far as we can tell pretty well ;)

10.Where do you see the band heading into musically during the future?
Evanescence is done for, due to a post of Amy Lee, so there is a big gap to fill in the genre of female fronted goth metal.... we will see..... ;)

11.What are some of the bands or musical styles that have had an influence on your music and also what are you listening to nowadays?
In the songwriting, you can hear influences of Iron Maiden, In Flames, Tarja, My Dying Bride, Evanescence, System Of A Down and many more. The nex album will show a little more/different influences but it'll still be Dawn of Eternity.
We exclude no type of music, that is based on musical instruments, not that hipster minimal electro crap or disco-dubstep, that shit is amazingly annoying, but we all have a tendency to harder music musical interests?
Sara and Johannes are in University, so besides going to a pub or some concerts, music consumes most of the spare time, other free time activities are working and drinking. Thorsten also loves to repair stuff and ferrets :D

13.Before we wrap up this interview, do you have any final words or thoughts?
Yes, we will start a kickstarter project next few weeks for the album 2015 since we're all broke and we'd love you to support us!! Beneath that there's the usual stuff, check out our webpage and facebook, listen to our music, come to our shows and rock on \m/, - Cheers
www.dawnofeternity.de
www.facebook.com/officialdawnofeternity

Thursday, December 11, 2014

Formes are a band from the united kingdom that plays a psychedelic mixture of doom, sludge, death and post metal and this is a review of their 2014 album "Dysphoria part one" which was released by No Fun Intended Records.

Spoken word parts start off the album before adding in blast beats, heavy riffing and high pitched screams which also leads up to more of a slow doom/sludge metal direction which also keeps around the spoken word parts and mixes in psychedelic and post rock sounds along with a good mixture of both clean and heavy parts.

All of the musical instruments on the recording have a very powerful sound to them and the riffs also bring in a great amount of melody at times along with some clean singing and slide guitars being added into certain sections of the recording and the music gets very heavy when death metal growls are utilized in the songs.

A good portion of the tracks are long and epic in length and at times the music can be very experimental and also adds in small amounts of harsh noise into certain sections of some of the tracks and as the album progresses there are a lot of post rock elements being mixed in with the heavier doom/death metal sound of the recording and one of the later tracks brings in a small amount of acoustic guitars.

Formes takes the heaviness of death, doom, sludge and post metal and mixes it with psychedelic rock to create a sound that is very original, the production sounds very dark and heavy while the lyrics cover dark and real life themes.

In my opinion Formes are a very great sounding psychedelic mixture of doom, sludge, death and post metal and if you are a fan of those musical genres, you should check out this band. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "Tumult" and "Dead Ends". 8 out of 10.

Wednesday, December 10, 2014

Dreamgrave are a band from Hungary that plays a mixture of death, doom, folk, symphonic and progressive metal and this is a review of their self released 2014 album "Presentiment".

A very dark sounding drone starts off the album along with some symphonic sounds and clean playing a few seconds later and after the intro the music goes into a very heavy and melodic direction along with some death metal growls and progressive metal elements while also keeping around the symphonic elements.

When blast beats are utilized the music has almost a black metal feeling while the clean singing female vocals add a gothic and operatic feeling into all of the tracks they are utilized on and the music at time s brings in a modern approach to prog metal with both the riffs and solos as well as the keyboards while you can also hear a bit of 70's prog and psychedelia at times and at times clean playing can be heard in some of the tracks.

Most of the tracks are very long and epic in length and all of the musical instruments on the recording have a very powerful sound to them and there are also some clean singing male vocals being utilized on some of the songs along with a brief use of spoken word parts and on the later tracks the lead guitars start bringing in more of a depressive and melodic sound to the recording.

Dreamgrave plays a style of doom/death metal that is very melodic, symphonic and progressive sounding and they also bring in elements of folk and a good amount of prog metal and rock elements to create some very original sounding music, the production sounds very professional for being a self released recording while the lyrics cover dark themes.

In my opinion Dreamgrave are a very great sounding mixture of death, doom, folk, symphonic and progressive metal and if you are a fan of those musical genres, you should check out this band. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "Black Spiral" "The Last Drop Falls" and "It's Ubiquitous". 8 out of 10.

Monday, December 8, 2014

Ghoulgotha are a band from California that plays a mixture of death and doom metal and this is a review of their album "The Deathmass Cloak" which will be released in 2015 by Dark Descent Records.

A very dark sounding keyboard and distorted sounds start off the album and after the intro the music goes into a very dark and melodic doom/death metal direction along with some growls and guitar leads that add in depressive sounding melodies and you can hear a lot of early 90's death and doom metal influences in the bands musical style.

High pitched screams can be heard in certain sections of the recording and the songs also bring in a good mixture of slow and mid paced parts while they also bring in fast sections and blast beats in some of the tracks and as the album progresses the band starts adding in small amounts of clean playing into some of the tracks while the main focus remains on a very heavy and dark doom/death metal sound and the last track is 11 minutes in length and also adds in atmospheric and experimental elements.

Ghoulgotha plays a very dark style of doom/death metal that is heavily rooted in the 90's tradition while also having more of an updated take on the genre with their music, the production sounds very professional while the lyrics cover darkness and occultism themes.

In my opinion Ghoulgotha are a very great sounding mixture of doom and death metal and if you are a fan of those musical genres, you should check out this band. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "Gazing Into Melted Night" "Saturnal Rites" "Citadel Of Heathen Flesh" and "Levitate Within The Curse". 8 out of 10.

Sunday, December 7, 2014

Nihilo are a band from Switzerland that plays a mixture of old school death metal, grindcore, and doom and this is a review of their self released 2014 album "Dum Spiro Spero".

A dark sounding intro with spoken word samples starts off the album before going into more of an old school death metal direction which also brings in a good amount of blast beats and growling vocals as well as adding in high pitched screams at times and when the music speeds up you can hear hear a heavy grindcore influence.

When solos and leads are added into the music they bring in more of a chaotic death metal sound while also having a good amount of melody at times and the songs also bring in a good mixture of slow, mid paced and fast parts along with all of the musical instruments having a very powerful sound to them and as the album progresses more elements of doom metal are added into the slower sections of the songs and on one of the tracks a small amount of symphonic sounds and acoustic guitars are utilized and the last track is over 20 minutes.

Nihilo plays a style of death metal that is very old school and closer to the mid 90's style and they also mix in grindcore and doom metal to make their music have more of a diverse sound, the production sounds very professional while the lyrics cover violence and war themes.

In my opinion Nihilo are a very great sounding mixture of death metal, grindcore and doom and if you are a fan of those musical genres, you should check out this band. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "On The Brink" "Last Man Standing" "Homicidal Pleasures" and "Dum Spiro Spero". 8 out of 10.

Wednesday, December 3, 2014

Dawn Of Eternity are a band from Germany that plays a mixture of melodic death and gothic metal and this is a review of their 2014 album "Guilty" which was released by NRT Records.

Dark sound effects and clean guitars start off the album along with some spoken word parts and melodic female vocals that bring in the gothic elements before going into a heavier direction with high pitched screams that have a black metal feeling to them and they mix in with the clean singing and there is also a great amount of melody in both the riffs and leads.

You can hear a lot of melodic doom/death metal elements in the bands musical style which also bring s in growls at times and there is also a good mixture of slow, mid paced and fast parts present throughout the recording along with a decent amount of blast beats and some of the tracks also add in more of a modern metal sound as the album progresses.

Later on during the recording acoustic guitars are added into certain sections of the recording along with a couple of power ballads and a couple of the tracks are long and epic in length and a good portion of the later tracks bring in more of a traditional gothic metal sound while still having its roots in death metal and the last 4 songs are bonus tracks taken from their 2010 ep which have the same style of the full length but done with more of a raw approach.

Dawn Of Eternity plays a very modern style of gothic metal that is a lot more aggressive and guitar driven than most bands of this genre and they also mix it in with the heaviness, growls and screams of melodic death metal to create their own sound, the production sounds very professional while the lyrics cover sadness and tragedy themes.

In my opinion Dawn Of Eternity are a very great sounding mixture of gothic and melodic death metal and if you are a fan of those musical genres, you should check out this band. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "Ego" Sing For Me" "You Suck" and "My God, My Foe". 8 out of 10.

Monday, December 1, 2014

1.Can you give us an update on what has been going on with the band since the recording and release of the new album?

Everyone in the band has actually been unusually busy traveling around the globe this autumn which has been great and inspirational music-wise. In between these travels we've been preparing for live gigs next spring and promoting "Illumine", our new record. We also have a new lyric video coming up for the song "Into the Red Sun" (it has probably been released when this goes public though) which was animated by a talented young motion designer called Sequoya Finn from the US. We aimed for a little bit different lyric video than most bands in metal are doing and the result looks really pleasing, can't wait to show it to everybody!

2.Recently you have released a new album, how would you describe the musical sound that is presented on the recording?

Yeah we released "Illumine", our second long-play a few months ago! As musicians everyone in the band is really open to all kinds of new ideas, there are influences from doom metal, soundtracks, electronic music and so on. Our biggest goal with music is to create something that sounds original but still somewhat familiar. I guess the best situation would be that when people hear our music they'd go "this sounds like Edge Of Haze" instantly. A friend of mine described our music as Gojira meets Hans Zimmer meets Swallow the Sun and I guess that isn't too far off.

As "Mirage", the first record, was more about the best songs we had written so far, "Illumine" was definitely more thought through as a whole. The songs on "Illumine" are a lot more mature and better written. We have also gotten a lot better in our instruments and as a band since "Mirage", as we were only 16-17 years old back then haha. I guess the songs are a bit heavier, too but on the other hand the softer parts are more atmospheric and beautiful than before. So to sum it up every aspect has evolved further since the last release.

3.What are some of the lyrical topics and subjects the band explores with the newer music?

"Illumine" is actually a concept album that tells a story about a future dystopia, where everything is controlled by a higher power and the citizens only purpose is to fulfill their rulers orders and maintain their place in the system, kinda like in a futuristic communism. The album's protagonist is a man who sees a vision one night about his city burning, realizes how rotten the system is and decides to attempt an escape to the wild. The songs are divided into two groups, the first five tell about the protagonist's time in the city and the last five about his time in the wild, running away from the tyranny.

The idea behind the concept came from our drummer Janne, who was inspired by a book called "Escape from Camp 14" by Blaine Harden. The book tells a story about a North Korean prisoner who one day decides to escape from the labour camp he's been imprisoned to since he was a kid. On an universal level the album is also about courage and daring to stand up for yourself.

4.The band was originally known as 'Damage' what was the decision behind the name change and also the meaning and inspiration behind the name 'Edge Of Haze'?

Damage was the name of the group in 2007-2010 when the band only consisted of me, Janne and our guitarist Lenno. We knew there were a lot of bands out there with the same name and we wanted to change it to something more defining and original. When our keyboard player Akseli and our former guitarist/singer Iivo joined the band in 2010 we knew it was a good time to change the name. Janne had this old demo called "The Edge Of Haze" which sounded right for the band. Actually, that demo is now known as "A Storm at the River", the track number eight on "Illumine"! Iivo then left the band in 2011 due you know, the usual musical differences and he's in Arion now if you've heard of them (if you haven't, go check them out). Markus then joined a few months later to fill his spot.

5.What are some of the best shows that the band has played over the years and also how would you describe your stage performance?

Hmm, this is a though one. It was pretty surreal to play in Nummirock Metal Festival in 2013, with bands like Children of Bodom and Amon Amarth in the line-up there that year and it was actually only our sixth performance in total. Another awesome gig was our album release show in Semifinal, Helsinki this August. The place was full of people doing moshpits and coming to the stage to party with us. We like to do pretty crazy stuff when we are performing, like jump around the stage and invite friends to join us there. The focus is still always in delivering the music to the audience but we try to put on the best and most energetic show as possible every time we enter the stage.

6.Do you have any touring or show plans for the future?

This is not yet set in stone but we probably have a tour in Finland next spring with a pretty big Finnish metal act, can't say the name yet but we'll keep everyone updated on our Facebook-page! Every show we've planned for next year are pretty much in our home country but we'd love to play shows abroad, probably somewhere around Europe at first. We'll hopefully work that part out soon too!

7.Currently you are unsigned, are you looking for a label or have received any interest?

Yeah, so far we've done everything by ourselves which has been great because we've had full control of our actions but on the other hand it has kept us very busy. We are looking for a record deal, and we have some really potential labels in consideration. Our plan definitely is to release the next record through a label to bring our music for more people to know!

8.On a worldwide level how has the feedback been to your music by fans of the progressive, doom and death metal genres?

The feedback has been really flattering, actually so far we haven't seen a single bad review for "Illumine"! It feels really nice to read these reviews of people complimenting something so personal that you've created for sure. For fans of progressive, doom and death metal (like myself) I believe that everyone can find something for their likes on the album: "Drawn" and "Into the Red Sun" have more progressive vibe to them, "Crushed", "The Pyre" and "Unlearn" are more from the death metal side and "Rainfall" and "The Newfound Horizon" dig deeper into the doom world.

9.Where do you see the band heading into musically during the future?

We've been already trying some new stuff out for the next release! I guess the songs are more to the point this time than on "Illumine", which has a lot of longer tracks such has "The Newfound Horizon" and "Rainfall" for example. And don't get me wrong, we won't be forgetting the longer, storytelling songs either as I for example am a huge fan of those kind of tracks if they're done well and with a good taste. Now we have also approached songwriting more from the lyrical and vocal point of view, as on "Illumine" the instrumental tracks pretty much already existed before we started working on vocals. We already have a shitload of new song ideas, probably 20 or something for the new release as everyone in the band is writing. I think it is great because everyone brings in something slightly different to the table and we can then choose whatever world we want to explore with the new music we're going to put out.

10.What are some of the bands or musical styles that have had an influence on your music and also what are you listening to nowadays?

I guess some of our biggest influences since me and Janne founded the band have been Katatonia, Swallow the Sun and Devin Townsend. Lately we've been drawing inspiration from loads of different artists and bands: from modern metal acts such as Periphery and Sybreed for example, but our influences go all the way from post-rock to pop, jazz, classical and even funk. Lately I've been really digging the new Skyharbor-album, The Coal by Leprous and Toto's Mindfields-album. So basicly everything that we find enjoyable goes for us and can inspire our songwriting, despite the genre.

11.What are some of your non musical interests?

I myself like sports a lot and follow NBA almost on a daily basis. Everyone in the band likes to travel a lot too, as mentioned before, learn about other cultures and see the world generally. As a group we're really good friends, so we like to do lots of different stuff together when we're not rehearsing or recording, like go to the movies, have video game tournaments and just generally hang out and do stupid things. You can find out some pretty idiotic videos on our Youtube-channel that show evidence of this haha.

12.Before we wrap up this interview, do you have any final words or thoughts?

Generally a big thank you for everyone who has bought, listened or reviewed "Illumine" and supported the band, it really means the world to us! Stay open-minded for there is so much good music out there. Hopefully we'll see you in our shows in the future and if you see us somewhere feel free to come chat and hang out with us. And thanks to Doomed to Darkness for having me, cheers!